Experience

Pastel

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Delivery & Operations Specialist

  • May 2022 - Present

  Spreading happiness through treats and eats with locally grown tech company Pastel, a human powered and humans focused team, uplifting small businesses in the Bay Area food industry by facilitating and delivering goods from makers throughout the Bay. As a Delivery Operations Specialist, Mariajose is part of an energetic team prepping, coordinating, and executing delicious deliveries to Bay Area wide audiences. Treats are made with passion, treated with lots of care, and handed over to customers with a smile.



San FranCipota

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media

• Small Business Owner

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  I love creating nerdy designs to share my love for San Francisco and El Salvador, the places that make my culture. Let's wear it together, whether you're from The Bay or LA and beyond! We're all cipotes at heart. Owner of the online brand and blog: www.sanfrancipota.com SanFranCipota Brand Owner and designer roles: - Design and create Salvadorian and San Francisco themed apparel, merchandise, and brand. - Designed brand identity and website for SanFranCipota. - Research and select drop-shippers or vendors for SanFranCipota merchandise. - Manage social media presence by posting photos, videos, reels, and create guides for San Francisco. Create quirky and creative captions and songs for content. - Film and edit social media videos using Adobe creative suite. - Promote events and other partners on social media and Bay Area event websites. - Seek vendor fairs and markets to sell products at. - Featured vendor at the Handmade in California store in Stonestown Galleria SanFranCipota Event Coordinator Roles: - Cultivate community of Salvadorian Americans in the Bay Area by organizing monthly outdoor events featuring small business owners. - Plan and develop themed events for all audiences and for the Salvadorian community. - Outreach to vendors and share the rules and vendor expectations. - Create layout maps for each event. - Manage vendor inquiries and serve as onsite person of contact for events. - Work closely with management at Speakeasy Ales and Lagers to plan and coordinate monthly events.



National Park Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Park Ranger, Interpretation - Outreach & Community Programs

  • Oct 2011 - Nov 2021

  - Transformed all in-person interpretive programming and outreach to virtual platforms during 2020-2021 covid-19 pandemic. - Coached community outreach team and the interpretive division on how to conduct virtual programming, how to create digital content, how to manage social media, how to create a podcast, and how to continue and foster new partnerships through the pandemic while everyone was working from home. - Partnered with the San Francisco Public Library and the Bay Area YMCAs to lead series of virtual programs, virtual campfire storytelling programs, and livestream events. - Conduct outreach, marketing, social media and media communications for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area- Create & present interpretive programs in GGNRA for public audiences featuring natural & cultural history, stories of the park’s resources & park fitness. (Let’s Move on Crissy Field/Headlands!, Healthy Parks, Healthy People Series, Where’s the Brr-brr-bridge?, S'morey Storytime.)- Community Programs team; present programs part of the Crissy Field Center’s Community Programs menu, intended for CBOs & groups from toddlers to seniors. Programs include: campfire programs, single & three-touch programs.Programs presented in Spanish when needed or requested.- Perform outreach to new audiences & underserved communities. Partner with community organizations & leaders to build park relationships & build new programs collaboratively. Example: partnered with Mission Dolores staff & develop two new programs, Mission: Presidio & Mission Dia de los Muertos.- Staff local fairs & festivals; provide information, answer questions & brief interpretation of the GGNRA & the programs/events offered; develop & perform activities catered to events for the public to interact & learn.- Represent the National Park Service at events, conferences, webinars, and on video media. Ex: NAI conference. & NRPA national conference.

• Park Guide, Interpretation - Campground Manager

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2011

  - Welcomed park visitors to provide information about the park’s points of interest, ecology and history. - Answered visitor phone calls, suggested day trip options, provided camping information, handed out and explained park brochures at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center.- Roved park sites, campgrounds and trails to make friendly informal visitor contacts and identified possible maintenance needs or incidents to report. - Led Point Bonita Lighthouse history tour during weekend open hours for general public and for prearranged group field trips for schools and organizations. - Developed a family friendly campfire program for summer evenings featuring Marin Headlands wildlife and songs. - Interpreted park information for Spanish speaking visitors.- Managed campground reservations through recreation.gov, issued campground permits,and roved campgrounds to check permits and report any campground maintenance needs.- Created camping reports, reservation databases, new reservations form and rove log.- Produced the Lens Newsletter. Generated and redesigned quarterly newsletter with park updates and information for Marin Headlands staff, interns and volunteers.- Created a website for volunteers and staff to find current updates and newsletters.- Collaborated with Federal Highway Administration's Project Headlands, the Marin Headlands roads and trails improvement construction project as Project Information Coordinator.- Promoted Marin Headlands Junior Ranger program at the Visitor Center to engage young visitors to explore the park and earn their Junior Ranger patch and badge.



ACN

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Business Owner

  • May 2013 - Dec 2015

  - Entrepreneur for the expansion of energy, telecommunications, and merchant services in the San Francisco Bay Area market and preparing for future expansion to Latin America. - Trains individuals how to earn a residual income and get paid every time people pay their bills. - Entrepreneur for the expansion of energy, telecommunications, and merchant services in the San Francisco Bay Area market and preparing for future expansion to Latin America. - Trains individuals how to earn a residual income and get paid every time people pay their bills.



Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Impact Team Associate

  • Nov 2007 - May 2008

  - Prepared clothing and store merchandise for store displays and stockrooms. - Maintained merchandise stockroom, scanned and replenished Units Sold Reports, helped customers with stock checks, folded and inspected merchandise for suitable presentation in store. - Supervised fitting rooms and assisted with loss prevention. - Prepared clothing and store merchandise for store displays and stockrooms. - Maintained merchandise stockroom, scanned and replenished Units Sold Reports, helped customers with stock checks, folded and inspected merchandise for suitable presentation in store. - Supervised fitting rooms and assisted with loss prevention.



National Park Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Park Aid, Interpretation - Transportation Ambassador

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  - Welcomed and assisted the Grand Canyon's internationally diverse visitors by answering questions, suggesting points of interest and providing park maps while staffing the front desks at Park Headquarters and Canyon View Information Plaza. - Interpreted for Spanish speaking visitors. - Answered phone calls, handed out park maps and guides, recommended park programs and swore in Junior Rangers. - Roved park sites and trails on foot, electric bicycle and shuttle bus. Encouraged all public to use the park’s free clean air shuttle bus system as a Transportation Ambassador. - Presented brief interpretive talks while riding with visitors on a scenic shuttle bus route along the canyon rim, interpreting the history and significance of each stop along the route and interacting with visitors during route.



Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders - High School Intern

  • Aug 2003 - Apr 2007

  - Engaged in a group of 11 diverse urban high school students. - As an IYEL intern: gained important leadership skills such as decision making, project planning, facilitating, public speaking, engaging audiences with team building activities, researching environmental topics, developing lesson plans, teaching workshops, outreaching to local communities. - Studied environmental issues such as consumerism, global warming and environmental justice. - Worked with team designing and implementing projects to inform local public about environmental issues. - Presented projects using media such as producing documentary videos, creating costumes for recycled clothing fashion show, teaching workshops and coordinating public events. - Created and edited an autobiographical video about self’s unique environmentalist lifestyle. - Participated in service projects, college preparatory workshops, environmental field trips and logistical meetings. Teens on Trails service projects. Visits to Recology, Hunter’s Point environmental justice tour with Legacy for Environmental Justice, road trip to Yosemite and Grand Canyon to investigate how much diversity is present in the outdoors. - Actively participated in weekly meetings to plan and vote on projects and events at the Crissy Field Center.